Camaro SS still broken (4 issues remain)

I tried the geared diff myself and it definitely made a positive difference, the car was a lot less sideways on acceleration in a straight line and generally a bit better behaved. Still doesn't feel as planted as a high performance road car should be to me. The comments Freeway makes seem very sensible to me.

 

Had a drive of this for the first time tonight, just with default setups. The thing is a pig to drive, won't accelerate in a straight line without going sideways then goes straight when you want it to go round a corner. I am not dissing Reiza, I just assume it may be like that in reality?

 

The tachometer was fixed yesterday, that is great.
One more issue with the Camaro is when try to shift up with the paddle, you need to first release the accelerator to shift. From the interior cockpit and shift animation, the car is clearly a paddle shifting car.

 

I agree that the Camaro SS in AMS2 is fun and challenging to drive but, I have driven them in RL and in AMS2, it currently feels like it's on steroids and a bit unstable. It really drives more like an older Gen Camaro (late 60's / early 70's HP-modded) to me. The RL current-gen car is not scary to drive and handles pretty well overall.

Now my friends 735hp 2015 Mustang (TC / SC off) is a bit scary on 2-lane roads during hard acceleration. Once the rear-tires break traction, the rear of the car instantly veers off course.

 

I agree the car is still too unstable. As the OP said, the car is unstable during under braking, where the rear slides out towards the end of your brakezone. Also the car "feels" more like a rear-mid engine RWD platform, than a front engine RWD platform. Meaning the car wants to keep turning as it slides, where the polar moment of inertia is more rearward. The beauty of front engine RWD, is the ease of controlling slides.

 

For those unfamiliar with the changes, here is a link from carscoops.com...
2019 Camaro Poll: Do You Prefer The Facelift Or The Old One? | Carscoops

 

Cockpit graphics are wrong. It's the 6-speed H-pattern manual that is simulated. One of the Caterhams also has wrong graphics of an H-pattern when it is a sequential. These things will get fixed eventually.

 

For me, the best way to tame the "widow-maker jolt when accelerating on straights" in the Camaro SS and Ultima GTR Road, is to disable all differentials (from a default setup: Set Clutch LSD to "OFF").

My favorite place to test this is along the bumpy Lakeside straight at Oulton Park, that would normally kill me in the Ultima. But with all differentials disabled, it now feels closer to how street cars drive in other simulators. Maybe it's because the Viscous LSD is still active, and that behaves more predictably than the Clutch LSD?

Isn't it a bit weird that a car spins easier on straights with the Clutch LSD set to "on", than if you turn it off? Maybe the Camaro SS and Ultima GTR Road have bad default setups for the Clutch LSD, and some tuning there is needed. Or maybe the Clutch LSD implementation is bugged somehow?

 

I don't mean to be inflammatory but it is possible to keep the Camaro SS discussion to a single thread? Not saying it's not important but we're up to four now.

 

It think the car still displays a lack of grip even after the tweak. I bet most of the issues go away if the devs up the grip on the tires even more. The car still feels like its on all season tires with no grip.

 

Fair point lawgicau. Not planning on adding any new threads.

 

I can't see any improvement on this car.
It requires more than 90 deg of steering correction in straight line when spinning tires so for sure something is broken.

 

I tried with open diff and spool in order to check extreme cases and it was still problematic.

 

Another proof that this road car will always be found to be problematic until it is made into a tame GT4 version that almost drives itself...
People think they want road cars except they don't.

 

Yeah have to agree, whilst yes have to realise we're comparing road cars to race cars, this is still a performance road car and shouldn't be suffering from a lot of the handling issues mentioned here - wanting to spin off the road if you floor it in 3rd gear, and unable to stay in a straight line in high speed braking you'd have thought would have been picked up on in any of the real world road tests and reviews.

The understeer at low speeds again is something I've not experienced in similar road cars and something that doesn't feel accurate.

It's interesting the consistent rotating when braking from high speed is the same issue the V8 supercars have and the Ginetta GT4 had, although personally I feel it has been reduced in subsequent updates from the Ginetta.